Harry had been looking forward to a Corporeal Patronus for over a year.
He had learned this spell in his second year, but even this term, he had yet to truly master its essence: a Corporeal Patronus.
According to Sirius and Lupin, Harry lacked the desire to protect.
But neither Professor Lupin nor Sirius could explain exactly what that desire to protect was.
As Sirius put it, "This is something you have to feel for yourself. Once you feel it, you'll understand. If you don't, nothing anyone says will make you understand."
Harry had once suspected that Sirius and Professor Lupin were just being deliberately mysterious.
But today, after he truly succeeded in summoning a Corporeal Patronus, he suddenly understood what the two of them had meant.
Yes, only by trying and experiencing it himself could he understand what that desire to protect was all about.
In that moment just now, Harry had wanted to protect Qiu, and that feeling had extended into the hope that, when facing dark magic, he could protect and safeguard everyone and everything he cherished.
At that very moment, he seemed to suddenly understand what it meant to want to protect. Then a majestic, imposing male lion appeared before him.
Harry was ecstatic.
Many sources and theories held that a Corporeal Patronus would take the same form as one's Animagus form.
The wizards recorded throughout history who had mastered both spells seemed to have all been like this. Among the people Harry knew, Professor McGonagall was like this, and so was Sirius.
Professor Lupin's Patronus was a wolf. Although he was not an Animagus, he was a werewolf and could transform too...
Everything Harry knew supported this view.
For a time, this had made Harry a little nervous.
His Animagus form was somewhat unsuitable for